Manifold order-book.



(No Model.)

T. MGDOWELL.

Patented Nov. I3, |900.

MANIFOLD ORDER BOOK.

{Appiication filled Feb. 3. 1899.)

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MANIFOLD ORDER BOOK.

(Application med Feb. s, 1599.) No Model.) a sheets-sheet 2.

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Attorney.

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Nn. 66|,'722. Patented N'ov.v I3,A l9'00.

T. MGDDWELL v MANIFOLD ORDER BOOK.

(Appucazion med Fens, m99.)A

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@/Wf. @5MM UNITED `STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS MCDOVVELL, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THEOARTER-ORUME COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE;

i MANIFOLD ORDER-BOOK.

SFECI-FICTION forming part of Letters Patent No. 661,722, dated November13, 190.

Application filed February 3, 1899. Serial No. 704,338. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom t may concern,.- cover A is composed of a rigid or sti backBe it known that I, THOMAS MCDOWELL, a and front a', hinged at a" bysuitable dexiof Niagara Falls, in the county of Niagara, ble material,as usual. The right-hand leaf in the State of' New York,have inventednew of the covei` or back a is provided with a 55 5 and usefulImprovements in Manifold Orderpocket b, which is preferably nearly asex- Books, of which the following, taken in contensive as the back,though it may be much nection with the accompanying drawings, issmaller, and which opens at or near and on a a full, clear, and exactdescription. line parallel with the ilexible hinge a of the My inventionrelates to manifold ordercover A. The extent of this pocket b is 6o xobooks or sales-books, and has particular reshown by the broken lines b'in Fig. 2 of the lation to triplicate sales-books or those condrawings.The slit or opening edge of the taining originals and two sets ofcopies; and pocket is shown at b". The pocket b is dethe object of myinvention is to produce a signed to receive the right-hand leaf of amore simple and convenient; book of this class cover c,preferablyaiiexible cover, of a small 65 i5 and'one that has one of itssets of copy-sheets book B, containing leaves B of thin inaniin bookform which is separable from the fold paper, which are permanently boundto main portion of the complete book, thus althe cover c at its fold oron a line between lowing the removalof one set of copies in suitits twoleaves and retain the book B in position able condition for filing awayand the ready for use. The leaves B' form the second set 7o zo insertionof a new set of copies when desired. of duplicates,are numberedcorrespondingly,

In the drawings hereto annexed and forinand when formed of thin paperoccupy but ing a part of this specification, Figure l is a little spaceand do not greatly increase the top viewV of my preferred book whenopen. thickness ofthe book.

Fig. 2 shows the same with the hinged sec- The book B is made smallerthan the cover 75 25 tion turned down. Fig. 3 shows an edge view A forseveral reasons-viz., to prevent interof the book when closed. Fig. 4shows the ference with the bindingdevices holding the lower edge viewwhen open with the metallic originals and first set of duplicates whenone binders removed. Fig. 5 shows the rightof the leaves B' is turnedover upon them hand side edge when the book is open. Fig. andso that theedges of the leaves will be 8o 3o 6 shows an edge view of the continuousstrip protected against injury when the book is of paper forming theoriginals and duplicates. folded and carried in the pocket. When theFig. 7 shows an edge view of a modified form leaves of the book B areall used, the said of book embodying my invention and wherebook isremoved from the pocket b and is-in in the originals and duplicates donot form good condition for preservation and ling. 85 35 a continuousstrip, but each original is folded Secured to the lower right-hand edgeof the over` upon its duplicate, the latter being held cover A by ahinge d, of iiexible material, is

at one end by a clamp. Fig. Sis a diagrama base or board D, whichextends to the upmatic View of the leaves in the book shown per edge,but not to the side edge of the in Fig. 7. Fig. 9isa plan view when openof cover. This board is adapted to be liftedV 9o 4o another form of bookembodying my invenand turned over to the position shown in tion, thesecond set of duplicates being per- Fig. 2. After a leaf B' has beenused this manently fastened thereto. Fig. l() is the board is raised,and the used leaf is then lower edge view of the same book. Fig. llplaced beneath the board, the latter resting is the right-hand edgeview, and Fig. 12 is the upon it, and this operation is performed each95 45 lower edge view, of the Vbook when closed, time one of the leavesB is used. In Figs. l,

showing part of the leaves of the second set 2, and 4: the leaves B areshown lying upon of duplicates lying below the pack of origitheleft-hand side of the cover c. The broken nais and first set ofduplicates and part of lines c indicate the edge of the coverc withinthe leaves above. the pocket. roo

5o Referring now specifically to the drawings, On the board D is a pileof original and and particularly to Figs. l to 6, inclusive, theduplicate sales-slips in one continuous strip of paper, and this stripis folded in zigzag form, as shown in Fig. 6, with lines ofperforat-ions at the folds between the originalsj1 and theduplicatesf',which form and arrangement is Well known and need not bemore fully described herein. These originals and duplicates-the latterfor the sake of distinci tion being called the first or primary i set ofduplicates-are held on the board at one end by means of a clamping-plateE, eX-

tending transversely across the outer or upper ends thereof and securedto and suppo-rted upon the free ends of parallel spring arms or rods F,extending obliquely along the sides of the pile or tablet, the body ofwhich arms lies in the base or board D, between the eenter and lower endthereof, and is hel-d therein i by any suitable and well-known means vtogive to vthe wire the necessary torsional strain for imparting apressure to the clamping-.plate E, which by its yielding pressure in thedirection ofthe base holds the remaining slips as the others areremoved. The opposite or lower end of the pile or tablet is also securedunder a yielding spring-press ure by means of a holder G, the saidholder having pa-rallel arms H, similar to the arms or rods F, suptheends thereof being formed into eyes c, as i usual, and for 'the purposeof securing the carbon-sheet C thereto .there is also secured upon saidarms the Well-known hinged binding-plate e'. The upper end of the`single carbon-sheet (l is held between the plate E vand plate e', thelower end of said sheet being free to allow it to be placed between anyoriginal and its attached duplicate. Both sides of the carbon-sheet arecovered with carbon, so that only one carbon-sheet is required to make acopy on both duplicates when the original is written upon.

To prepare the book fo-r use, the original or upper sheet f is raisedand the upper thin leaf B of the small book is turned over and laid uponthe carbonsheet,the latter of cou rse lyingupo-ntheduplicatebelow.'lhentheoriginal is laid upon the said thin sheet or triplicate. It willbe read-ily understood that any writing now done upon the original willbe copied upon both the duplicate and triplicate, or, in other words,upon the first and second duplicate. After the writing is finished theoriginal and its attached or integral duplicate are easily drawnfrombeneath the cla-m ping plate and holder, and both are detached byseparating the said duplicate onI the per-` forated line between thelatter and the next original. It may be here .observed that thisperforated line may be brought exactly to the outer edge of theclamping-plate E and that said plate may serve to facilitate theseparation of the sheets. The tablet, with its base, is then raised andthe t'hin'd'uplicate sheet, the same being one of the leaves in thesmall book, is placed beneath the base. When the book is closed, theleaves assume the position shown in Fig. B-that is, the unused leaves ofthe small book are turned over with the covers c and A to rest upon thepile of originals and integral duplicates. It will be obvious that whenone pile of originals and duplicates is exhausted another pile may beeasily and quickly inserted.

7 and Sillustrate my in vention :as ap# plied to what is known as theParagon form of book or that form or style wher-ein the originals f andattached duplicates f are not in one continuous strip, but are only.attached and bound together at one end, which is the upper end in Athiscase, each original being foldedover to lie upon its own attachedduplicate, as shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 7 shows the edge y.of the flexiblethin cover in broken lines g in the pocket. It shows a number of thethi-n duplicate sheets Bl between the cover A and the board D and alsoan end 'View of a well-known spring-clamp I, commonly employed to hold aParagon tablet, the clamp l bein-g secured to the upper end of the boardD. These leaves are detach-ed by separating them from the stub t', heldin the .clamp and on the perforated line A.extending transversely acrossthe duplicate sheets near the said clamp. In other respects the book ismade and operated in the same manner as the first book described.

Referring now to Fig-s. 9 to l2, inclusive, it will be seen that thesame is a very simple form of triplicate memorandum book embodying somebut not all of the features of my invention, the book being amodification of the last form described, as it contains the Paragonstyle o'f tablet. In this oook the only cover employed is a thinflexible cover J, of Manila paper or other suitable material, which isfolded at its center when the book is closed. The Paragon tablet isattached to the upper edge of the right-hand side of the cover J bymeans of a projectionj of the co-ver folded -over upon the end of thepile, and wire staples lo, passing through the projection, the pile ofslips, and the cover below. No-swinging base or board is employed. Thecarbonsheet C is carbonized on both sides and is held at its upper endbetween the pile of leaves and the said projection j by the samestaples. The thin sheets B', forming the second kset of duplicates, arenot provid-ed with a separate cover, but are secu red at their centersto the fold ofthe cover J by a pair of staples Z, though it will beobvious that they m-ay be simply secured together by the sta- IOO IlO

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ples and not secured to the cover, and in lieu of staples stitching maysecure the sheets B together. Perforated lines on opposite sides andnear the staples or stitching may be provided, as indicated at 09 inFig. to facilitate the removal of said leaves, if desired. The thinsheets B are shown lying dat or open in the middle, one-half thereoflying below the tablet to expose to view the staples Z l, and this wouldbe their position when half of the sheets had been used; but at thebeginning or before the book was used all the thin sheets wouldnaturally lie on the topof the tablet, as shown in Fig. 3 of thedrawings. The broken line at m indicates one of the thin leaves turnedover upon the pile below the originalf or upper leaf of the pile, theposition in which a leaf would be placed before the original is writtenupon. The edges of the cover J project beyond the edges of the leaves toprotect them, as in the case of the other books hereinbefore described.

Any matters shown and described herein relating to the form of cover,means for coniining the leaves to the cover, and the position of theleaves relative to the cover but not claimed are not dedicated to thepublic, but form the subject-matter of other applications for patentsled ou even date herewith-- Viz., Serial Nos. 704,339, 704,340, and704,341.

Having describedA my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a manifold order-book, the combination with the pile of originaland duplicate leaves folded upon each other, and the carbon-sheet, of acover, a base to support said pile hinged to the lower edge of thecover, a clamp to secure the upper end of the pile to the free end ofthe base, a holder to secure the lower end of the pile to the base, anda set of triplicate leaves bound together and held in the book, andadapted to lie upon either or both sides of the said base and pile ofleaves, as set forth.

2. In a manifold order-book, the combination with the pile of originaland duplicate leaves folded upon each other, and the carbon-sheet, of acover, a base to support said pile hinged to the lower right-hand edgeof the cover, a spring-clamp to hold the carbonsheet and one end ofthepile to the base, a set of triplicate leaves and a flexible covertherefor bound together at their centers, and a pocket in the inside ofthe rst-mentioned cover containing one of the leaves of thesecond-mentioned coveras set forth.

3. In a manifold order-book, the combination with the pile of originaland duplicate leaves folded upon each other, and the carbon-sheet, of acover, a base to support said pile hinged to the lower right-hand edgeof the cover, a spring-clamp to hold the carbonsheet and one end of thepile to the base, a set of triplicate leaves and a Iiexible covertherefor bound together at their centers, and a pocket in the right-handside of the firstmentioned cover and opening near and on a line parallelwith its central hinge receiving and containing the right-hand leaf ofthe said flexible cover, as set forth.

4. In a manifold order-book, the combination with the pile of originaland duplicate leaves folded upon each other, and the carbon-sheet, of ahinged cover, a base to support said pile hinged to the lower edge ofthe cover, means to hold the carbon-sheet and the pile to the said base,a book containing the triplicate leaves having a hinged cover and havingits hinge opposite the hinge of the first-mentioned cover, the lattercover extending on all sides beyond the other cover, and a pocket in oneleaf of the larger cover containing a leaf of the smaller cover, as setforth.

5. In a manifold order-book, the combination with the pile of originaland duplicate leaves folded upon each other in a zigzag manner withlines of perfo rations at the folds, and the carbon-sheet, of a cover, abase to support said pile hinged to the lower righthand edge of thecover, a spring-clamp to hold the carbon-sheet and one end of the pileto the base, a spring-holder to hold the other end of the pile to thebase, a set of triplicate leaves and a flexible cover therefor boundtogether at their centers and fold, the fold lying upon the hinge of thefirst-mentioned cover, and a pocket in the inside of the righthand leafof the first-mentioned cover and opening near its hinge receiving andcontaining the right-hand leaf of the flexible cover, substantially asand for the purpose described. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name.

THOMAS MCDOWELL. [L. s]

Witnesses:

JOHN RAE DIcKsoN,

F. M1 ELMBACH.

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